Community Concerts of the Tri-Cities

11/29/2024

Community Concert memberships make great Christmas gifts. A membership including our next 3 shows is only $50!

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11/15/2024

80 YEARS AGO, when our organization was new... there were TWO concert series! On Nov. 6, 1944, Richland's music-lovers were treated to a performance by singer Marie Wilkins, who had debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC a couple of years earlier. On Nov. 17, 1944, baritone Igor Gorin performed in Richland. He was a well-known singer on radio, television, and in concert halls.

11/12/2024

80 YEARS AGO, when our organization was new...

The first official Community Concert in Richland on Nov. 3, 1944 featured The Don Cossack Choir, a men's chorus of exiled Cossacks founded in 1921 by Serge Jaroff.
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10/18/2024

What a fine looking audience we had at this week's performance by Forever Simon & Garfunkel!

10/17/2024

Forever Simon and Garfunkel, we loved your show!

10/09/2024

CCTC Board members Mary Hartman and Jerry Bell are part of this month’s “Green Room” podcast, your backstage pass to the arts in the Tri-Cities! Thanks to Arts Center Task Force for all their efforts to promote the performing arts in our community.

Welcome to The Green Room, a podcast brought to you by Arts Center Task Force. Step behind the curtain and join us for insightful conversations with artists, performers, industry experts, and community leaders as we explore the vibrant world of the performing arts.

10/09/2024

The 2nd concert of our 2024-2025 season is next Wednesday, Oct. 16, 7:30 pm in the Richland High School auditorium. This concert features Forever Simon & Garfunkel, a four-piece tribute band celebrating the best-selling rock duo in history with humor, soaring energy, charm, and laser precise harmony.

If you're not yet a member of CCTC it's not too late to join! There are still FOUR great shows this season for just $70 adult or $35 youth ($20 per youth with an adult membership). See CommunityConcertsTC.org for details... Or just show up to the concert a little early and join us! Single-show tickets will also be available at the door.

09/22/2024

09/22/2024

Jarabe Mexicano after concert at Richland High

09/20/2024

Jarabe Mexicano performing Friday morning for Pasco High students! YOU can hear them Saturday night 9/21/24. CommunityConcertsTC.org.

09/20/2024

Jarabe Mexicano is doing a sound check for today’s outreach performance at Pasco High School. Their public performance is Saturday at 7:30 pm in the Richland High auditorium. CommunityConcertsTC.org.

09/17/2024

Some of the rich musical genres you can expect to hear at the Jarabe Mexicano concert this Saturday: bolero, cha-cha-chá, cumbia, danzón, joropo, norteño, reggae, Chicano rock, rock en español, rumba flamenca, la huasteco, son jarocho, and tejano!

The concert starts at 7:30 pm Saturday, Sept. 21 in the Richland High School auditorium. Tickets will be available for $30 at the door ($15 for youth), but if you become a member of Community Concerts of the Tri-Cities, you get into this show plus four others for just $70 – a mere $14 per show! Youth and family memberships are even cheaper. You can become a member online at CommunityConcertsTC.org.
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09/16/2024

Jarabe Mexicano will play for students at Pasco High School on Friday 9/20, then performer for Community Concerts of the Tri-Cities in the Richland High auditorium Saturday night (9/21, 7:30 pm). You can buy tickets to the Saturday show at the door, but it's a much better deal to become a member of CCTC and attend FIVE of this season's concerts for one low price. Details at CommunityConcertsTC.org.
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09/08/2024

Last night at The Academy of Children's Theatre benefit concert with the incomparable Santino Fontana, he laughingly mentioned that the Steinway grand onstage was the same one he played in Richland High School jazz band when he was a student. The instrument has roots all the way back to the days when Richland was a wartime boom town.

In December 1944, the U.S. government hired Kay Kyser, a celebrity band leader, radio host, and movie star, to entertain 40,000 construction workers at Camp Hanford. Mr. Kyser brought his Steinway concert grand piano with him. He and his orchestra put on a great show, but afterward there was a bit of a flap about security, and he left without his piano. The Steinway was passed around from the Corps of Engineers to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, to Richland Public Schools. The piano was refurbished in 1968 and 1981, thanks to the organization now known as Community Concerts of the Tri-Cities, and currently resides at Richland High School. Over the years, the piano has been played by dozens of virtuosi, including Peter Serkin, Hazel Scott, Seymour Lipkin, and Marian McPartland.